Some Boys were playing one day at the edge of a pond in which lived a family of Frogs. When they saw the danger the Master was in from the clumsy beast, they set upon the Ass and drove him with kicks and blows back to the stable. They had crossed this river many times before without accident, but this time the Ass slipped and fell when halfway over. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Take care! he cried. That may be a heap of meal, but it looks to me very much like the Cat. The Weasels accepted the challenge with eagerness, for they were always ready for a fight when a meal was in sight. You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not, she said as she hurried away, but I prefer my plain food and simple life in the country with the peace and security that go with it.
It is wiser to bear a single injury in silence than to provoke thousand by flying into a rage.